The person who came was really Fan Zhixu, Li Yanqing welcomed him into the big tent, and asked with a smile: "Fan Xianggong went out of the city, no one was watching?" ”

Fan Zhixu said with a smile: "I don't live in Lin'an City, my own mansion is in Yuhang County, Zhao Ji also sent someone to monitor me before, and I don't seem to be able to take care of it in the past two days, so I rode a donkey around leisurely." ”

Li Yanqing still admires Fan Zhixu's character, although he is not completely consistent with his own concepts on some issues, but he is still commendable in maintaining orthodoxy and daring to resist Zhao Ji's obscenity, and on the day of the coup, he and Gao Shen resigned and left, affecting a large number of officials.

It was his and Gao Shen's resolute resignation that made Zhao Ji's wish-fulfillment come to naught, and the imperial court is still in a state of unjustification.

Li Yanqing invited Fan Zhixu to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, Fan Zhixu smiled: "I really didn't expect that Yanqing could reverse the situation in just half a month, now the people in Lin'an City are in turmoil, and everyone in the country thieves is in danger, it is estimated that Zhao Ji also began to regret launching a palace coup d'état, he already had the right to interfere in politics, but unfortunately the people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and he wants to reset, and in the end he can only self-destruct." ”

Li Yanqing also smiled faintly, "Recovering Hedong Road, Western Xia destroyed the country, and the prestige of the official family was in full swing, but Zhao Ji launched a palace coup, which shows his political short-sightedness, he always thought that he had been in power for decades, and everyone still supported him. ”

"What a person's heart is changing!"

Fan Zhixuan praised and said: "Has Yanqing considered how to go about the follow-up situation?" ”

This is the main reason why Fan Zhixu came over today, once the palace coup is pacified and the court is restored, how does Li Yanqing plan to arrange the court situation? This is related to the future and fate of the Great Song Dynasty, how can Fan Zhixu not care?

Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and asked rhetorically, "What advice does Fan Xianggong have?" ”

Fan Zhixu groaned and said: "It is estimated that the official family is no longer there, and now that the master of Taiyi Palace is still here, can you consider it?" ”

The master of Taiyi Palace is the former emperor Zhao Huan, after he came back from the north, he lived in Taiyi Palace, did not ask about foreign affairs, Zhao Gou named him the master of Taiyi Palace, and sent his wife and children to live with him, almost forgotten.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "When he was in power, he was indecisive and capricious in resisting gold, and it is not a blessing for the world to be restored to the throne by him." ”

Li Yanqing made it clear that he opposed Zhao Huan re-becoming emperor.

Fan Zhixu also knew that it was unrealistic for Zhao Huan to be the emperor, so he sighed and said: "It would be nice if the prince was still here, but unfortunately his whereabouts are still unknown?" ”

Li Yanqing didn't answer, he drank tea and laughed without saying a word, Fan Zhixu suddenly woke up, "Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here with you?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "It's the official family's will, a little palace maid risked death to send the prince to me, and I will show Fan Gong something." ”

Li Yanqing took out a wooden box from the box and put it in front of Fan Zhixu, "Fan Gong will know what to do after reading it." ”

Fan Zhixu slowly opened the wooden box, and inside it turned out to be a piece of white satin, obviously a piece of placket torn from his clothes, he slowly opened it with trembling hands, and an edict written in blood appeared in front of him.

Fan Zhixuan knelt on the ground, and immediately cried bitterly, Li Yanqing waited for his mood to stabilize a little, and then helped him up and said: "The official family is here, what other ideas can we have?" ”

Fan Zhixu wiped away his tears and said in a choked voice: "The official family is lonely in His Highness, and we will help His Highness rebuild the new Great Song Dynasty even if we are broken." ”

Li Yanqing invited him to sit down and said with a smile: "The top priority now is to sweep away all evil spirits, and then we will support the crown prince to ascend the throne." ”

Fan Zhixu nodded, "That's right, I don't know when Yanqing plans to attack?" ”

"Soon, as long as Cao Sheng's news comes, it will be the time for me to attack."

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After three days of sailing, 300 ships finally entered Hangzhou Bay, slowly sailed to the south of Hangzhou Bay, and according to Cao Sheng's idea, finally landed in Qiantang County, and directly approached Lin'an City.

However, Li Yanqing did not agree with this plan, but asked them to build momentum, and their task was not to attack the city, but to build momentum to defeat the enemy's army.

Cao Sheng accepted this decision, and he also knew that if the time was not ripe to attack Lin'an City, even if he entered Lin'an City, it would cause fierce street battles and cause a large number of people to die, and although it was a military success, it was a complete political defeat.

Cao Sheng accepted Li Yanqing's plan and landed in Shaoxing Mansion.

In the morning, the south shore of Hangzhou Bay was already more than ten miles away, and Cao Sheng was standing on the bow of the ship looking for the entrance, when the lookout soldiers on the mast suddenly pointed to the southeast and shouted, "There!" The estuary is there! ”

They were to find the mouth of the Huanjiang River, and then the fleet could follow the Huanjiang River into Shaoxingfu.

Not long after, Cao Sheng also saw the mouth of the Huanjiang River, so he ordered: "Full speed forward, the fleet enters the Huanjiang River!" ”

Three hundred sea ships sailed towards the mouth of the Huanjiang River, and an hour later, Cao Sheng's boat took the lead in entering the Huanjiang River.

At this time, the fleet was in the territory of Xiaoshan County, and about thirty miles away, a small town appeared in front of them, the town was called Qianqingyan, and 30,000 soldiers began to land here.

At this time, Linghe County of Xiaoshan County hurried over when he heard the news.

Xiaoshan County belongs to Shaoxing Mansion, less than 100 miles away from the capital Lin'an, because Shaoxing Mansion has publicly stated that it is asking for the return of power to the Son of Heaven, in fact, it is a betrayal of Zhao Ji, and the government of Xiaoshan County of course also supports the arrival of Li Yanqing's army.

Xiaoshan County Ling's surname is Gu, Xuanhe five years Jinshi, he was led to Cao Sheng by the soldiers, Gu County Ling bowed down and said: "Xiaguan Xiaoshan County ordered Gu Ting to see Cao Yuma!" ”

Cao Sheng smiled slightly: "Maybe I'm going to trouble Gu County Ling this time!" ”

"Don't dare! Can't! It is the honor of the lower officials to do something for Kuang Fu Da Song Sheji, and it is also the responsibility of the lower officials. ”

"How much grain is in the county official warehouse?"

"There are about 20,000 stones, all of which are tax grain, there were originally 120,000 stones, and 100,000 stones have been transported to Lin'an, and these 20,000 stones are still reserved by the military, and we are not allowed to move without permission."

The food is enough, Cao Sheng said again: "In addition, I would like to ask Gu County to immediately report the news of our 50,000 troops landing in Shaoxing Mansion to Lin'an." ”

Gu Xianling was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "The lower officials don't dare!" ”

Cao Sheng laughed, "I'm not testing you, but I really need to pass the news to Lin'an, put pressure on Lin'an, and it is best to spread the news all over Lin'an City, this is our established strategy." ”

Gu Xianling wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, nodded and said: "Xiaguan understands, this will arrange manpower, and there are businessmen entering Beijing, so I will ask them to go to the capital to spread the news, and send someone to send the news to the government." ”

Cao Sheng immediately ordered the army to temporarily enter Xiaoshan County to rest, and ordered 300 sea ships to anchor at the mouth of the Huanjiang River, waiting for orders at any time.

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Two days later, the news that Li Yanqing's 50,000 strange soldiers had entered Shaoxing Mansion by sea spread all over Lin'an City.

The streets and alleys of Lin'an City are talking about this matter, even ordinary people understand that the belly and back pinching is a taboo for soldiers, Lin'an City has been attacked by Li Yanqing's army before and after, I am afraid that the situation is quite bad.

Some subtle changes have taken place, such as the seal of the seizure of Baoyanzhai has been quietly torn off, the goods confiscated by the government have also been returned, the more than 100 managers who have been arrested have also been released, and the arrest warrant for Li Daqi has also been revoked immediately, which is the Lin'an Mansion Yin Pan Wenzi is quietly releasing goodwill.

South City Gate, a bullock cart full of cages is out of the city, but was intercepted and seized by the army, someone recognized that the owner of the ox cart turned out to be Yang Li, the squire of the Ministry of War, this matter immediately spread in Lin'an City, Yang Li is the first batch of officials appointed by Emperor Zhao Ji, he was originally only a member of the Ministry of War, because of his active loyalty to Emperor Zhao Ji and was promoted and reused, now he actually abandoned the official and fled, and suddenly became a joke of the people in the city.

Of course, Yang Li's escape is a weather vane, which means that there has been a fission within Zhao Ji's group.

Zhao Ji heard that Yang Li abandoned the official and fled and was arrested, he was immediately furious, and he immediately ordered Yang Li to be arrested outside the noon gate and killed, and his wife and daughter were converted into lowly status, and they were sent to the church, and all their family property was confiscated.

Zhao Ji's method of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys did calm down many people, and many officials who also planned to escape also temporarily dispelled their thoughts, turned to close their doors, and asked for leave to recuperate at home.

The day after the news of Li Yanqing's army's landing in Shaoxing Mansion reached the capital, at least more than 50 of the 85 court officials who were originally loyal to Zhao Ji took sick leave and began to look for a way out.

Zhao Ji was also anxious, and he sent someone to send the gold medal to Miao Fu that afternoon, so that he took the initiative to attack, defeated Li Yanqing, and then led the army back to Lin'an City.